The Nightmare of Non-credentialed Tax Preparers

man in business suit and black ski mask flashing OK sign while sitting at desk with phone to ear

Six solutions offered.

By CPA Trendlines Research

Are you a sleazy, incompetent, unethical tax preparer?

If so, no problem! Not for you, anyway. Your clients might suffer, but as far as the Internal Revenue Service is concerned, you’re as qualified to prepare other people’s taxes as any CPA or Enrolled Agent.

MORE: Taxpayer Assistance Centers: A Good Idea That Should Be Better | IRS Still Falling Short on Service | Must the IRS Be a Dark Hole? | 10 Tips to the IRS for Beefing Up Staff | Eight Ways the IRS Can Speed Up Processing Tax Returns | IRS Plays Whac-A-Mole with the Phones | Ten IRS Problems That Need Solutions | Tax Pros Are Expanding and Earning More
GoProCPA.comExclusively for PRO Members. Log in here or upgrade to PRO today.

And that’s a problem.

A Wild West Environment

Tax preparers good and bad prepare over half of the country’s individual income tax returns. They play an essential role in tax administration, and they are a frontline defense in preventing fraud and error.